Overlander's Way: Townsville to Tennant Creek with a caravan or motorhome
The Overlander's Way runs 1,569 km from Townsville to Tennant Creek. With a car and caravan, you're looking at about 22 hours behind the wheel. Our map shows it sealed the whole way.
We planned it on Motocamp's own router for a car and caravan and for a motorhome, at the sizes in the table below, so every number here comes from a real plan, not a guess.
The stops: Townsville · Charters Towers · Hughenden · Cloncurry · Mount Isa · Tennant Creek
Is the Overlander's Way OK for a car and caravan?
Yes, on our plan. It gets through for a car and caravan without using a road signed too low, too short or closed to caravans. Here's what to keep an eye on.
- No long climbs: the steepest kilometre is about 4%.
- The longest run with no fuel station on our map is 259 km, from km 1,099. Fill up before it.
- Road reports change daily out here. Motocamp checks NT Road Report and Queensland Transport and Main Roads for the day you travel.
The plan, rig by rig
| Car and caravan | Motorhome | |
|---|---|---|
| Distance | 1,569 km | 1,569 km |
| Driving time | about 22 hours | about 21 hours |
| Unsealed | none | none |
| Steeper than 8% | under 1 km | under 1 km |
| Total climb | 3,445 m | 3,445 m |
| Longest gap between fuel | 259 km | 259 km |
| Signed limits it goes round | 0 | 0 |
| Planned at | 3.1 m high, 14.3 m long and 6.8 t | 3.7 m high, 10 m long and 8.7 t |
Towns on the way
- Townsville · km 0
- Charters Towers · km 136
- Hughenden · km 386
- Mount Isa · km 908
Caravan parks on the way
- Town & Country · km 1
- The Lakes Holiday Park · km 1
- Bivouac Junction Holiday Park · km 116
- Dalrymple Tourist Van Park · km 136
- Exchange Hotel Caravan Park - CLOSED · km 295
- Rest Easi Motel · km 387
- Julia Creek Caravan Park · km 649
- Oasis Caravan Park · km 785
- Discovery Holiday Parks - Argylla (BIG4) · km 905
- Sunset Tourist Park · km 911
- Camooweal Roadhouse Caravan Park · km 1,099
- Outback Caravan Park · km 1,569
- and 16 more in the app
Free camps on the way
- Reid River Rest Area · km 61 · caravans OK
- Macrossan Camping Reserve · km 115 · caravans OK
- Campaspe River Rest Area · km 227 · caravans OK
- Hughenden Rotary Rest Area · km 384 · caravans OK
- Marathon Rest Area · km 453 · caravans OK
- Oorindi Rest Area · km 719
- Inca Creek Rest Area · km 1,028 · caravans OK
- Camooweal Billabong · km 1,099
- Wonarah Bore · km 1,318 · caravans OK
National park and other campgrounds
- Mingela Hotel Camping · km 90
- Caltex Mosman Park · km 140
- Flintstones Diner & Van Park · km 385
- Richmond Rest Area · km 500
- Wal's Camp · km 787
- Corella Dam · km 840
- World War 2 Rest Area · km 962
- Soudan Bore Rest Area · km 1,233
- Frewena Rest Area · km 1,413
- Jabaljarri Indigenous Art Gallery Campground · km 1,569
- and 16 more in the app
Rest areas
- Cluden Heavy Vehicle Breakdown Pad · km 9
- Burdekin duck roadhouse · km 118 · water
- Homestead Rest Aea · km 211
- Hughenden Rotary Rest Area · km 384
- Richmond roadhouse · km 501 · toilets · water
- fountain springs · km 847 · toilets · water
- FRANK (SMILER) NILON · km 1,137
- SOUDAN · km 1,233 · water
- Wonarah Bore · km 1,318
- 41 MILE BORE · km 1,474 · water
- and 33 more in the app
Dump points
- at Discovery Parks - Townsville · km 12
- at Allen Terry Caravan Park · km 385
- at Lakeview Caravan Park · km 500
- at Sunset Tourist Park · km 911
- World War 2 Rest Area · km 962
Fuel stops
- Ampol Foodary · km 1
- Puma · km 17
- Mobil Products · km 139
- Oasis Torrens Creek - CLOSED · km 295
- United · km 387
- 24Hr Puma Diesel · km 501
- Australian Fuel Distributors Depot · km 787
- Mobil · km 909
- Barkly Homestead · km 1,358
- Mobil Lone Star · km 1,569
- and 20 more in the app
Plan this trip for your own rig
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Tell Motocamp what you drive, from an enduro bike to a 25-foot off-road caravan or a 10-metre motorhome, and it plans this trip for that vehicle: the roads it fits, the low bridges and closed roads to steer clear of, and places to stay on the way. The maps keep working where there's no signal.
Plan this trip for your own rig Already have Motocamp AUS? Open it hereCamps, fuel and road limits come from OpenStreetMap and state agencies, and some can be missing or out of date. Distances are along our plan. Always go by the signs on the road.